MANILA -- Takeshi Kasai, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for the Western Pacific, praised China for focusing its efforts on how to bring the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak under control.

"China's decision to date clearly shows that they are making control of the outbreak a top priority," Kasai tweeted on Wednesday. (Philippines-China-Coronavirus)

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RAMALLAH -- Scores of Palestinians on Thursday protested in the West Bank against the newly unveiled U.S. Middle East peace plan known as the Deal of the Century.

In the city of Ramallah, dozens joined a march toward the city's northern entrance, where they clashed with the Israeli soldiers manning a checkpoint for a Jewish settlement. (Palestine-West Bank-Protest)

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ADEN -- About 63 pro-government Yemeni soldiers were killed in recent fighting with the Houthi rebels near the country's capital Sanaa, a medical official told Xinhua Thursday.

"The ongoing battles with the Houthis since Jan. 10 left around 50 soldiers killed while a Saudi-led airstrike mistakenly killed 13 others," a medical official at the hospital of the government-controlled Marib Province said on condition of anonymity. (Yemen-Sanna-Fighting)

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SAN FRANCISCO -- U.S. top aircraft manufacturer Boeing Wednesday said it lost 636 million U.S. dollars in net earnings for fiscal 2019, the first full-year loss in more than 20 years due to the negative impacts of the 737 MAX crisis.

Its fourth-quarter financial results report showed Boeing earned quarterly revenue of 17.9 billion dollars, with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) loss per share of 1.79 dollars. (US-Boeing-Report) Enditem

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